bookish
adjective/ˈbʊkɪʃ/
/ˈbʊkɪʃ/
(often disapproving)- interested in reading and studying, rather than in more active or practical things
- He was more bookish and intellectual than many of his fellow students.
- Quiet and bookish, he was sometimes teased by the other boys.
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